R E P . RAYMOND L. FLYNN
7 TH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
ONE FLINT PLACE
SOUTH B OSTON 02127
TEL. 7 27 - 2~ 60
268- 14 2 8
Judge W. Arthill' Garrity
Federal District Coill't
1525 Post Office Building
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Judge Garrity:
THE GENERAL COURT O F MASSACHUSETTS
Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
STATE HOUSE, BOST ON
October 11, 1975
CHAIRMAN
BOSTON HARBOR
POLLUTION COMMISSION
JAMES MICHAEL CURLEY
COMMISSION
MINIMUM ADEQUATE INCOME
FOR ELDERLY
Just prior to the opening of schools , I sent you a letter indicating that by
November 1, non-whites would comprise the maj ori ty in the Boston Public Schools.
School Department figures which I have available, and soon to be announced, will
show that the non-whites now make up over 55% of the Boston Public School enroll­ment
. If this does not mean anything to you, and you do not find this trend
devastating as we do, then it is either another classic example of your unconcern
for Oill' problem, or just a total lack of understanding of what is happening in our
city and schools .
At what point will you agree, that in yOill' pursuit to percentage Wlse balance
the schools, yOill' order is not only causing a white exodus out of the schools p but
IDJre significantly, creating an atmosphere of racial unrest that may never be the
same for many years in Boston .
Today you might well be considered a hero in the cocktail circles in Wellesley
and Dover, but in light of the unfortunate subsequent events which your actions are
inSill'ing, I feel these same admirers will be in the forefront of the growing ranks
of your critics .
I ill'ge you to carefully analyze the growing decline in the white population 1I1
the schools as well as the unrest which is carrying over from Oill' schools to the
streets of Boston .
RLF:mp
Sincerely,
c:?ayn--,;' /,? * .. .- RAYMOND L . FLYNN
State Representative

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R E P . RAYMOND L. FLYNN
7 TH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
ONE FLINT PLACE
SOUTH B OSTON 02127
TEL. 7 27 - 2~ 60
268- 14 2 8
Judge W. Arthill' Garrity
Federal District Coill't
1525 Post Office Building
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Judge Garrity:
THE GENERAL COURT O F MASSACHUSETTS
Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
STATE HOUSE, BOST ON
October 11, 1975
CHAIRMAN
BOSTON HARBOR
POLLUTION COMMISSION
JAMES MICHAEL CURLEY
COMMISSION
MINIMUM ADEQUATE INCOME
FOR ELDERLY
Just prior to the opening of schools , I sent you a letter indicating that by
November 1, non-whites would comprise the maj ori ty in the Boston Public Schools.
School Department figures which I have available, and soon to be announced, will
show that the non-whites now make up over 55% of the Boston Public School enroll­ment
. If this does not mean anything to you, and you do not find this trend
devastating as we do, then it is either another classic example of your unconcern
for Oill' problem, or just a total lack of understanding of what is happening in our
city and schools .
At what point will you agree, that in yOill' pursuit to percentage Wlse balance
the schools, yOill' order is not only causing a white exodus out of the schools p but
IDJre significantly, creating an atmosphere of racial unrest that may never be the
same for many years in Boston .
Today you might well be considered a hero in the cocktail circles in Wellesley
and Dover, but in light of the unfortunate subsequent events which your actions are
inSill'ing, I feel these same admirers will be in the forefront of the growing ranks
of your critics .
I ill'ge you to carefully analyze the growing decline in the white population 1I1
the schools as well as the unrest which is carrying over from Oill' schools to the
streets of Boston .
RLF:mp
Sincerely,
c:?ayn--,;' /,? * .. .- RAYMOND L . FLYNN
State Representative